Parent-child Play within Information Technology: A Quest for Quality Family Atmosphere

Due to the advanced information technology applications are broadly used in the human beings life, the impact of Information Technology on education system affects young children's family education. From the multi-media exercise in worldwide web to the intelligent application of ipad and iphone, young children's learning is increasingly developing with the innovations of Information Technology. With the parents’ pressures in work worries, the impact of Information Technology on parenting style and family atmosphere is a worthwhile topic for the purpose of meeting young children's learning and development. This paper intends to emphasize the preschool children parents’ parent-child playing within the usage of Information Technology and its impact on family atmosphere. The study first collects the data from some relative questionnaires with randomly sampling to distribute 450 preschool children's parents in Southern Taiwan. The data are then analyzed by using SPSS statistical tool with Factor Analysis, Regression Analysis, and also Hierarchical Regression. The results of analysis are concluded as follows: 1. Parent-child play within information technology presents partially significantly positive correlations with parenting style. 2. Parent- child play within information technology appears partially remarkably positive correlations with family atmosphere. 3. Parenting style reveals partially notably positive correlations with family atmosphere. 4. Parent-child play within information technology shows partially significantly moderating effects between parenting style and family atmosphere. Based on the research outcomes, it is expected that some suggestions would be useful for young children's parents to pursue quality family atmosphere with the application of playing with information technology.